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Mark Your Calendars!
May 2008
May 8-9
Hill-Stead Museum's May Market, 10 am-5 pm
A large selection of annuals, shrubs and hard-to-find perennials, as well as quality crafts and antiques. Some 50 vendors. Expert horticulturalists and Master Gardeners will be on hand for consultation. Friday features “A Bouquet from The Met,” a special 10:30 a.m. presentation by Master Floral Designer Chris Giftos, whose creations graced The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Great Hall for over 30 years. The two-day event will be held rain or shine. Admission is $8 for members and advance sale tickets, $10 for members-to-be at the door. Friday’s lecture with Chris Giftos is $30, including general admission. Call 860.677.4787 ext 132 to reserve. For details, visit www.hillstead.org.
May 13-15
Flower Show School, Course 1
Jones Auditorium, The Connecticut Agriculture Station, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, CT 06504. This course is open to all Federated and National Garden Club members. Pre-registration is required. For more details, please contact Barbara Bruce (e-mail preferred) or (203) 484-9160.
[Click here to download an application for this course.]
May 20
CT Judges Council
May 21
FGCCT Board Meeting
June 2008
June 9-11
New England Region Symposium – Rocky Hill, CT
Nancy Angelopoulos, Chairman
Email or phone 203-239-1125
Anne Harrigan, Registrar
Email or phone 203-744-2057
July 2008
July 16
FGCCT Board Meeting
August 2008
August 6
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station Plant Science Day – Lockwood Farm, Hamden
September 2008
September 16
CT Judges Council
September 17
FGCCT Board Meeting
September 22-24
Environmental Studies School
October 2008
October 2-5
NGC Fall Board Meeting - Providence RI
October 7-9 (exam on Oct. 9)
Gardening Study School Course III, Series 5. Topics will be The Environment, Pruning Techniques, Techniques for Growing Outdoor Flowers, Classifying
Plants (Plant taxonomy) and a Teaching Tour of a Botanical Garden. The course will be held at Jones Auditorium, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven. For information, contact Rodney Hayes (203-481-5918).
October 16-17
NER Meeting – Sturbridge, MA
October 22
Awards Meeting -Aqua Turf – JC Flower Show
October 27-29
Flower Show School, Course II
November 2008
November 18
CT Judges Council
November 19
FGCCT Board Meeting
Looking Forward to 2009 … mark your calendars!
February 19-22, 2009
Connecticut Flower Show, The Connecticut Convention Center - Hartford
Details TBA.
April 15, 2009
Annual Meeting – Aqua Turf
May 13-18, 2009
NGC Convention - Houston
October 21, 2009
Awards Meeting – Aqua Turf |
